The bizarre Bruce-to-Caitlyn Jenner saga that started as a distraction in the aftermath of Jenner’s involvement in a fatal car crash (see photo and story from TMZ here) only resulted in Jenner’s controversial ESPY Award because of a deal made behind the scenes among two companies owned by Disney, according to RadarOnLine.com.

On Wednesday, the recently transitioned Caitlyn Jenner accepted the “Arthur Ashe Courage Award” during ESPN’s ESPYs award show, broadcasted on ABC. He was introduced by United States Women’s National Soccer Team captain Abby Wambach and gave a speech that said was meant to inspire

RadarOnline.com reported Wednesday that Jenner’s representatives approached ESPN suggesting the network give her the Ashe award in exchange for plugs on her upcoming E! docuseries. ESPN and ABC are owned by Disney.

Former gold-medal Olympian and reality TV star Bruce Jenner–who came out to the world as “Caitlyn” on last month’s now-infamous cover of Vanity Fair magazine–celebrated his first Independence Day as a woman on Saturday.

Former Olympic gold medalist Jenner has been announced as the 2015 Arthur Ashe Courage Award winner and is set to receive the award at the 2015 ESPY’s for the journey taken to change from a man to a woman. Jenner took